, 1887-03-15
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Another Terrible Railroad
Accident.
Tragic Death of a Travelling
Salesman.
Increased Wages to Railway
Employees.
Another Eastern RaiIr,

Another Eastern Railroad Horror.
Boston, March l4.-An accident this
morning occurred on the Dedham branch
of the Boston & Providence railroad,
between Forest hill and Roslindale, at
what is known as the Busy Park bridge.
The I o'clock train from Dedham, con-
slsting OF seven cars and a baggage car,
under charge Of Conductor Tilden, broke
through the bridge. The engine and
three cars went over the bridge safely, but
five others fell through the bridge to the
road beneath, a distance of thirty feet.
The last car which was the smoker, turned
completely over and struck on the top OF
others, all being crushed almost out of
shape. The cause of the accident is said
to have been the breaking of the bridge.
1t Is stated that the bridge where the ac-
cident occurred this morning is compare
lively a new one, and that the accident
was caused by the truck on one of the
cars giving way, causing the car to strike
against the abutment of the bridge. The
smoking car, as it fell. caught fire, but the
lire department was promptly on hand
and prevented the spread of the flames.
The bodies of the dead have all been re-
moved and Of the wounded some are in
a hospital and some have been taken
home. Among the dead are Conductor
Tilden, Sergt. Lailler, of the Boston DO
lice, W. Il. Snow and Alice Burnett, Of
Roslindale; Mable Adams and Frank Nor
ris, of Dedham; Harry Gay, MORALLY
injured and dying. Many of the injured
were brought to the hospital in this city
and some of the killed have not been
identified. The train was crowded with
working people, and the most intense ex-
element prevails among their friends,
anxious to learn the names of the killed
and wounded.
The police say twenty-thrce were killed
outright, and nearly as many others will
die. A Webster Clapp died in Forest
Hill station, where he had been taken.
The engineer, when his engine broke from
the train, kept right on to Forest Hill and
gave the alarm, instead of stopping to
ascertain the extent of the accident, and
on that account it was possible to get
assistance at once. The officers of the
road are present and are doing all they
can. Many doctors are there doing every
thing in their power. Superintendent
Folsom says he does not know how many
were killed or injured. The bodies of the
killed were horribly mangled, some of their
heads being entirely severed from their
bodies, and many of the bodies are
crushed beyond recognition.
An inspection of the wreck revealed the
fact that eight cars, comprising the train,
are jumbled into a complete wreck, not
one of the coaches escaping almost per-
feet demolition. From the location of the
wrecked cars it would seem that the first
three cars passed over the bridge safely.
The structure evidently gave way when
the fourth ear was passing over it. Five
ears went through to the roadway, land
ing in a mass of splinters in the street.
The inmates of the smoker were all
either killed or injured, not one escaping
without injury of some kind. Two of the
coaches went clear across the roadway,
landing against a stone wall that sur
rounded a large field at the foot of the
hill. As the cars lie in their present loca-
ton they present a picture of such abso-
lutte demolition that it seems remarkable
that any person in them escaped alive.
The cushions from the seats are scattered
over the roadway and into an adjacent
pasture, while the car wheels and trucks
are distributed in all directions.
That the horrors Of fire were not added
to the terrible disaster was due to the
promptness with which relief was sent.
A chemical engine from Roslindale was at
the scene within twenty minutes after the
occurrence, brought by a letter carrier,
who gave the alarm of fire upon observing
flames issuing from the debris. The
flames were soon %exringuished and the
tremcn then did excellent work in rcscu-
ing the injured.
l'aniel Roundy, of Ro-lindale, had a
most remarkable experience. He was in
a smoking ear playing cards with Edward
Snow, Harry Gay and Sergt. Laillcr. The
crash came, and the next thing he knew
he was in the muddy street uninjured and
holding in his hand the queen of diamonds,
which was covered with blood. His three
companions had all been killed.
1t is impossible to obtain an absolutely
correct account of the number injured,
but it will reach 100 or more. OF these
at least twenty-five are quite badly hurt,
and the remainder received only slight
injuries.
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